華

Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)

Tendai sect of Buddhism

From 花の金曜日

Friday (when one feels excited about the weekend)

Food, cooking

Chinese noodles

Japan and the Republic of China

hot-spring mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite; sinter

snowdrop (Galanthus spp.)

snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower

red snow

flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit

はなみ only

name and reality

かじつ only; Esp. in poetry

form and content; appearance and substance

South China

bright light

wedding ceremony

national pride

lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs

lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal

luxury liner

empty show; frivolity; levity

influx of Chinese pop culture (into Japan)

Kegon (sect of Buddhism)

zinc white; zinc oxide; flowers of zinc

central China

Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)

udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata)

something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years)

Japanese fiber banana flower

green lacewing eggs

ethnic Chinese (living abroad, esp. with non-Chinese citizenship); overseas Chinese

Buddhism

vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)

concerning Taiwan; concerning the Republic of China

monument at cemetery entrance

overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)